The Best Third Basemen of the Past 5 Years: A-Rod Not #1
by Justin Bopp on Mar 9, 2011 12:30 PM EST
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Surprise! Fielding makes a difference. (Enlarges)
Qualified only. Note: Cabrera's and Bautista's negative positional adjustment.
Includes all players regardless of qualification. Note: Zimmerman's is beautiful.
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I don't think it's that surprising
but at the same time, he’s played a lot less games than David Wright because of injuries the past couple seasons. A-Rod hasn’t even played 140 games the past 3 seasons.
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Love it
Personally, I’d combine “Positional and Fielding” as the positional adjustment is really just a contextual adjustment on one’s fielding.
Hopefully DWright bounces back from a down 2010 too!
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Can't believe I didn't think of that.
It’d be a great way to address the “confusing” negatives on the stacked bar chart and eliminate the need for the ugly Total points.
Yes, I use ‘confusing’ sarcastically.
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Well, Feliz shows us we’ll still have negatives (as does the SS list), but I think contextually is helps us see that Ike Davis isn’t equal to David Wright defensively (or something like that, ha).
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Sure, negatives will still happen.
Still though, this could simplify several projects I’m working on. Obvious, simple, easy to fix. Thanks.
Well now that I received that Bill James Abstract in the Mail from you, I'm following like a sheep
But on a serious not, I still have a problem with the current positional adjustments (the numbers, not the concept). Just don’t have time to get into it now.
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To go a TAD further…. The concept does have flaws too.
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Trade David Wrong
Scott was asked if this win meant that Rex Ryan could now be looked at as an equal of Bill Belichick's as a coach.
"Why not better? Belichick is one Mo Lewis hit from being fired," Scott said. "[Brady] don't come in we might be talking about him on the unemployment line."
Come on now
It’s Traid David Wrongz!!!111
by Jeffrey Paternostro on Mar 9, 2011 1:42 PM EST up reply actions
My boy!
It highlights how much damage he did the first three years, given the declining power in 2009 and the defensive decline the past two seasons.
Zim and Longoria are the future, but Wright could easily have another solid run the next few years.
Great work as always.
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Not really
It’s more that his fielding has rapidly declined the past few years. IHe had pretty good range in his gold glove years. In the first, he had the most OOZ plays in the league, and by a lot. He almost definitely didn’t deserve the gold glove over Zimmerman, Rolen, or Feliz, but he was a reasonable choice.
by yellomellojello on Mar 9, 2011 3:39 PM EST up reply actions
His defense was actually pretty good in 07 and 08
He didn’t deserve the gold glove over other guys like Zimmerman and Feliz, but he is far from the worst defender to win a gold glove. 6.3 and 5.1 UZRs in his gold glove years are nothing to sneeze at.
You aren't wrong, but is he really the guy to build the argument around that Gold Gloves are a joke?
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by JD Sussman on Mar 9, 2011 3:57 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Raffy P!
Oh, and there’s that Jeter guy…
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Maybe he meant Wright was a joke?
Or maybe he had a lack of other GG winners on this chart from which to build a case?
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